caudice
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caudex, caudicis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
trunk of tree; piece/hunk of wood; blockhead; (bound) book; note/account book;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...proximo rure Abdera in oppidum, cuius popularis fuit, caudices ligni plurimos funiculo brevi circumdatos portabat. Tum forte Democritus..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...finxerat actu. Hinc molli stillae lacus et de caudice lento vimineae lances maculataque testa Lyaeo. At paries circa..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...conexis vellera nodis, Phaeocomes, hominemque simul protectus equumque; caudice qui misso, quem vix iuga bina moverent, Tectaphon Oleniden..."